EE STEPPED ONTO FIRST STEP OF LOADER LADDER AND SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND TWISTING LEFT KNEE.
Leo Journagan Construction Company IncMining Incidents in 2000
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Leo Journagan Construction Company Inc operations in 2000. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2000
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Year
- 2000
Top incident classifications
- 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
- 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
- 03DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)2 incidents
- 04HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
All incidents in 2000
EMPLOYEE REMOVING BREAKER BAR FROM HORIZONTAL CRUSHER. THE BREAKER BAR SWUNG FREE AND HIT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
WORKER WAS CLIMBING DOWN A METAL FIXED LADDER ON THE OUTSIDE OF A CRUSHER BIN, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE SPRAINED HIS KNEE.
WORKER WAS ADJUSTING A BREAKER PLATE, THE WIRE ROPE ON THE COME-ALONG SNAPPED AND HIS LEFT ELBOW SLAMMED INTO THE SIDE OF THE HAMMER MILL.
WORKER WAS INSTALLING A NEW BEARING IN A REMOVED CONVEYOR ROLLER. HE WAS USING A 4 LB SLEDGE HAMMER AND A 1 7/16"" CHROMED SOCKET. AS THE HAMMER STRUCK THE SOCKET, IT TILTED AND THE HAMMER SLID , MASHING THE TIP OF HIS INDEX FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. THE TIP OF HIS FINGER WAS BROKEN AND THE UPPER PORTION OF THE FIRST JOINT, INCLUDING THE FINGERNAIL, WAS PEELED OFF THE BONE.
DOCTOR SENT MINER TO SURGERY FOR CARPAL TUNNEL ILLNESS. THE SAFETY OFFICE WAS NOT NOTIFIED SINCE THE MINER WENT TO HIS PERSONAL DOCTOR.
MINER WENT TO DOCTOR COMPLAINING OF WRIST PAIN.